CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide its proprietary ethylene technology and front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a proposed new ethane cracker located in Port Arthur, Texas. The proposed cracker will have a capacity of 1 million metric tons per year of ethylene. CB&I will provide FEED services and the process license for its latest, proven ethylene technology, including seven highly selective SRT (short residence time) cracking heaters.